If that's what I have to do to be sure if they are fire ants or not, I think I'll just remain ignorant... :-) On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:52:38 -0400, Linda Hutchinson wrote > Hold your hand down to them, let them bite it a bit. If it hurts > like h*ll and bruises later, they are fire ants. Now sit on the > nest. That's the ultimate test. > > Linda, who once fell down in a Florida ant hill and knows that of > which she speaks. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jose Cisneros > To: Jim Graham ; chile-heads-digest@globalgarden.com > Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 1:14 PM > Subject: Re: [CH] News from the garden ... and a bug question > > > Also, a bug question. I noticed, hanging out on one of the cayenne > > plants, some funky bugs. They're shaped like ants, but the color is > > different---they're orange with a reddish tint. I've never seen any > > like that before. Does anyone know what those are? > > Fire ants? > > Jose -- =Mark http://www.exit109.com/~mstevens